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    This reflection paper analyzes the song "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas. It conveys that the song carries a sad and melancholy feeling about the insignificance of human existence. The song's main message is that humans are unimportant in the world and in life. It compares humans to dust and nothing more, stirring feelings about how brief and meaningless life is. The purpose is to make listeners reflect on their small role in the grand scheme of things and humble anyone who thinks themselves more significant than dust in the wind.

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    This reflection paper analyzes the song "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas. It conveys that the song carries a sad and melancholy feeling about the insignificance of human existence. The song's main message is that humans are unimportant in the world and in life. It compares humans to dust and nothing more, stirring feelings about how brief and meaningless life is. The purpose is to make listeners reflect on their small role in the grand scheme of things and humble anyone who thinks themselves more significant than dust in the wind.

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    This reflection paper analyzes the song "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas. It conveys that the song carries a sad and melancholy feeling about the insignificance of human existence. The song's main message is that humans are unimportant in the world and in life. It compares humans to dust and nothing more, stirring feelings about how brief and meaningless life is. The purpose is to make listeners reflect on their small role in the grand scheme of things and humble anyone who thinks themselves more significant than dust in the wind.

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    Dust in The Wind

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    This reflection paper analyzes the song "Dust in the Wind" by Kansas. It conveys that the song carries a sad and melancholy feeling about the insignificance of human existence. The song's main message is that humans are unimportant in the world and in life. It compares humans to dust and nothing more, stirring feelings about how brief and meaningless life is. The purpose is to make listeners reflect on their small role in the grand scheme of things and humble anyone who thinks themselves more significant than dust in the wind.

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    "Dust in the Wind"

    By Kansas

    Reflection Paper

    Music as most of us know it, for the most part contains a lot of emotion. Some music more and some
    less of course, but this usually depends on a number of things, such as the music’s type, genre and or
    purpose, etc. One thing is for sure though, all music has and serves a purpose. Regardless of if a
    songs meaning and social relevance is understood and known or not, it is still existent. We as people
    are inclined and have the tendency of interpreting things in a biased way; for whatever reason this
    may be. This is harder to get away with, when something has a specific meaning and purpose of
    course, such as a song. Analyzing and discovering the social relevance of an idea through a song is
    probably the best, and most interesting way to do it. “Dust in the wind” by Kansas. This song is
    actually one of my favorite songs in its given genre. It is very interesting and contains quite a
    meaningful message within! Dust in the wind is a very emotion heavy and thought filled song. The
    song really carries a sad feeling, not necessarily negative, but the emotion expressed is definitely not a
    positive nor happy one. The purpose and or main topic of this song is to convey the idea; of generally
    how unimportant we are in the world and ultimately in life itself. The message that this song is giving
    out, doesn’t exclude anyone, it is directed to everyone, all human beings. In essence it is telling us
    how insignificant we really are overall! Listening to this song is and can truly be an eye opener in a
    way. It is truly amazing and even a bit mind blowing; the potential that “Dust in the wind” has on the
    realization of the meaning of existence. A very deep, profound, and most definitely thought inducing
    piece of music. The artists from the group “Kansas” express sadness when referring to the song as
    well, which shows a different side to such an interesting concept. Again, the feeling carried and
    brought upon by this song is quite melancholic! Another main point touched in “Dust in the wind” is
    how brief our existence or “stay” is here on earth, especially when looking at it from such a
    philosophical point of view! “We are just passing by”. It is also important to keep in mind that
    nothing in this song was, or is intended for a specific audience, its message was/is meant to be
    expressed generally! The forever unanswered question, that is sometimes known as the “ultimate
    question” and still is mostly left up to our own criteria and imagination to answer. Commonly phrased
    as “What is the meaning/purpose of our existence?” is still a mystery to most, if not all of us. In this
    song we are metaphorically compared to “dust” and absolutely nothing more, “All we are is dust in
    the wind”! Stirs up a weird feeling, since we like to think of ourselves as so much more valuable and
    significant of course. Well this song does a great job at bursting our bubble and sadly humbling just
    about anyone. The purpose of “Dust in the Wind” is to make us reflect on our brief existence on earth,
    as well as in life. In a way it attempts to create a consciousness in us of our significance, as if it were
    letting us know what to expect!

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